Package for knocked-down window-screen frames



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\ PACKAGE FOR KNOCKED DOWN WIND'OW SCREEN FRAMES June 24, 1.930.

Filed June 8, 1929,

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F SHR-EVEPOR, LOUSANA, ASSIGNQR TO ALLEN lVlIANllTIEA'J-V T'EING COMEANY, CF SHREVLEGRT, LOUISIANA :PACKAGE FORHTOCICED-DQWN VIllDOXV-SCREEN FRAMES Application tiled June 8, 1929x Serial No. 339,417. l

rlhis invention relates to window screen trames, and more particularly to the manner ot packaging the same in a knocked down or collapsed condition.

The principal object is to provide a package which is uniliorm in size and shape, which avoids all unnecessary bulkiness7 which is convenient to handle and yet contains all the essential parts ot' a window screen frame in 1e a knocked down condition.

Heretoiore, the shipping of window screen vtrames has resulted in great damage to the frames due to breakage resulting from rough handling, and the 'raility ot the frame. Fur- ]5 ther, the trames occupied a large amount of space in transportation.

l conceived the idea of shipping the screen frames in knocked down condition, so that the individual could re-assemble the frame with a very little trouble.

rlhe parts ci the screen are machined to t so that it is only necessary for the individual to lit the parts together.

l was next confronted with the problem of designing a proper' package tor shipping the parts et the frame. l wanted the package to be compact and of uniform thickness se as to present as few projections as possible to prevent the bursting of the package which often occurs in shipping where there are projections.

l found that there would be two sets of parts, and the respective members in each part would be of substantially the same r length. lt, therefore, became essential to divide the parts into two packages for the sake of compactness. lt was further desirable that. the two packages be of the same thickness.

My problem was to design theV parts so that although the parts as used in the frame would be of varying)` width, the two packages would present the same thickness when wrapped Yfor shipment.

In the drawings: y

Figure 1 is a front view of the assembled sc feen in perspective;

Figure 2 perspective ,ci the 'fame in 1- .crewn con in:

Figure 3 is alperspe'ctive yof the frame Numeral 1 designates a screen frame haV-A ing side pieces 21 .top piece 3, middle piece li, and bottom piece 3. The side pieces 2 have slots 5 in their ends to receive tongues 6 at the ends of thetop and bottom piece 3 and 3 respectively. The middle of the side pieces 2 having recesses 7 to receive the' tongues@ at the ends of the middle piece 4;. Screeningis placed on the frame 1 (as shown in Figure 1), and strips 10 are placed on top of the screening and secured to the rame'l by brads 11.

A covering of paper 12 (as shown inl Figure 3) Jforms the package 13 anda covering of paper 14 forms a second package 15. Strips of re-enforcing paper 16 encase the ends of the packages 13 and 15 and strips 17- iorm hinges to connect the packages 13 and 15 together. 1

ln order to get uniform thickness, the side ieces 2 are placed in package 13 in upright position with the two corresponding strips 1() placed between the side pieces 2 in the same relative position.

The package 15 is formed by placing ilat on the bottom the bottom piece 3', and on top of it, the three strips 10 in the same relative position, which, when placed side by side, are of the same width as the bottom piece 3. 0n top of the three strips 10 are placed the top piece 3 and middle piece 4, side by side. These two pieces when thus arranged, are of the same width as the bottom piece 3, and the package is of the saine lheight as the package 13.

ln unwrapping, the strips 17, which encircle the two packages 13 and 15 during shipment, may be separated at the point Yiol: separation between the two packages, and

the paper 12 and 14 unrolled from the re- Y `What I claim is:

l. A package for shipping knocked-down screen frames of that type, the Width dimension of Whose long pieces is so designed with respect to the thickness dimensions of Whose short pieces that the aggregate thickness of a number of the short pieces equals the Width dimension of the long pieces, said package comprising two parts in Which the long and short pieces are separately stacked, the long pieces being arranged with their Width die mension forming one dimension of the package and the short pieces being adj acently arranged, with their Width dimensions vperpendicular to the Width dimension of the long pieces. and stacked to the same height as the Width dimension of the long pieces, said Yparts being secured together to form a single package.

2. Apackage for shipping knocked-down screen frames of that type, the Width dimension of Whose long pieces is so designed with respect to the thickness dimensions of Whose short pieces that the aggregate thickness of a number of the short pieces equals the Width dimension of the long pieces, said package comprising two parts in which the long and short ypieces are separately stacked, the long pieces being arranged with their Width dimension forming one dimension of the package and the short pieces bei-ng adjacently arranged, with their Width dimensions perpendicular to the Width dimension of the long pieces, and stacked to the same height as the Width dimension of the long pieces, and means for uniting said parts into a single package, said means being constructed to form a hinge when sai-id package is opened.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WESLEY n. Wi-'iniiass 

